School seat and desk



(No War.) G. W. PEEK.

SCHOOL SEAT AND DESK.

N0. 499,851. Patented June 20, 1893.

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GEORGE W. PEEK, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

SCHOOL SEAT AND DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,851, dated June 20, 1893.

Application filed April 2, 1892. Serial No. 427.517. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PEEK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in School Seats and Desks, of which the following is a specification, reference being-had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to school seats and desks and Consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 represents a vertical, central section of a desk and seat provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the seat brackets. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken through one of the desk standards and a housing carried by a seat bracket Fig. 4 illustrates in perspective one of the buffers herein described.

The main support of the desk and seat consists of two side frames A, of iron, connected by aplate B, forming the top of the desk, a shelf 0 and back D of the seat. Two brackets E, somewhat triangular in form,support the seat F and are pivotally connected at a with forward parts of the frames A. In the inner side of each of the frames A, and rearward from the pivotal connection a of the seat, is formed a curved groove 6, said groove being in position on an arc of a circle, the center of which is in the pivot a. At the heel, or rear angle, of each of the seat supports E, is formed a housing 0 for a'spiral spring d. The housing is semi-cylindrical in form and, being held to the groove 5, as seen in Fig. 3, a circular chamber is formed for the spring 61 which extends from one end of the housing to the other. Two buffers or stops f are formed on or rigidly secured to each of the frames A, one of said buffers being located at the upper and the other at the lower end of the curved groove b. Each of the bufiers f is provided with a tongue or projection g, formed to enter a slit or notch 6, made in the housing 0, there being a slit in each end of the The pivotal connections a are below the center line of the seat, the rear part of the seat being a little heavier than the front part, so that the seat will be automatically folded up to the back D by gravity. By

this construction, the seat may be readily folded, the said seat turning on its pivot backward and the housing 0 being-moved along the curved groove and taking-the spiral spring with it. The spring d serves as a cushion to modify the stroke of the housing 0 against the upper or lower buffer when the seat is either turned down for use or folded up. When the housing 0 comes in contact with either of the buffers f, the projection g, of the buffer en ters a notch c of the housing and presses the spring d and thus prevents jarring of the desk.

The top plate B and backing D, being constructed of wood, are secured to the frames A by means of the dovetails h on said frames. The said top plate and backing have grooves -cut in them corresponding in form with the dove-tails h to receive the said dove-tails so that the wooden plates rest on the frame and are firmly held thereto. In like manner the wooden plate forming the seat may be secured to the frames E, the latter being provided with similar dovetails. The pivotal connections of the seat with the frames A are each formed of a tapering pin 13, made solid with the seat frames E and chilled, the main frames being chamfered out to form sockets to receive said pins.

I claim I In a school desk frame, the standards, a semicylindrical and curved groove formed in each of said standards, buifers secured to said curved groove, at the top and bottom thereof, said buffers having tongues or projections formed therewith, in combination with seat brackets pivoted on the standards, a semi-cylindrical and curved housing on the inner end of each of the seat brackets, slots in the tops and bottoms of said housings, springs placed within said housings and adapted to be received in the grooves'of the standards, the tongues on the buffers being adapted to enter the slots in said housings and impinge against the springs at the limit of movement of the seat in either direction, substantially as set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. W. PEEK.

Witnesses:

N. O. RICHARDS, AUGUST CUTTUS. 

